The belief in the resurrection of the dead is well chronicled in the Tanakh. There are many passages in the Old Testament that mention an afterlife, although the English word ‘resurrection’ is not used in most translations. The oldest mention of life after death is found in the ancient Book of Job. Job was not an […]

During the Exodus from Egypt, God gave the Israelites the Ten Commandments and many statutes and ordinances. One such rule (actually a command) was the Sabbath of the seventh year, otherwise known as the Shemitah or Shmita year. “When you come into the land which I give you, then the land shall keep a sabbath to the LORD. […]